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Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with journalists
STRIKE TWO

Putin’s Nightmare Deepens as Drones Swarm ‘Russia’s Google’

Ukraine’s drone strikes battered the tech giant that millions of Russians depend on.

Isabel van Brugen

A large drone towers over the rest of the Hot Spots fishing haul.
THE BIG ONE

Fishing Boat Makes Jaw-Dropping Military Catch

The bizarre find was made near a U.S. Air Force base in Florida.

Janna Brancolini

Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Vietnam's President To Lam in Moscow, Russia, September 9, 2026. Maxim Shipenkov/Pool via REUTERS
KNOCKIN’ ON PUTIN’S DOOR

Humiliated Putin Hit by ‘Largest Ever’ Attack on Moscow

Moscow’s mayor called Ukraine’s overnight attack “unprecedented.”

Erkki Forster

Vladimir Putin
RED SCARE

Russian Panic Over Putin’s War Runs Rampant as Attacks Surge

Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine has dragged on into its fifth year.

Ewan Palmer

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with commanders at the Main Admiralty on Navy Day in Saint Petersburg, Russia, July 26, 2026.
DEEP TROUBLE

Putin Humiliated as Irreplaceable Bombers Go Up in Flames

Ukraine’s attacks are hindering Moscow’s long-range military capabilities.

Ewan Palmer

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin talks to the CEO of JSC Russian Railways (RZD) during a meeting in Moscow on July 31, 2026. (Photo by Alexander KAZAKOV / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)
VLAD DAY AT THE OFFICE

Embarrassing Truth of Putin’s Homeland Crisis Exposed

Putin’s summer of hell looks like it’s rolling into the fall.

Harry Thompson

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Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a press conference following the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan September 2, 2026. Sputnik/Vyacheslav Prokofyev/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
DANGER ZONE

Putin Hit With Humiliating Warning Over Air Travel Crisis

Kyiv has vowed “constant pressure aimed at paralyzing civilian air traffic” in the country.

Harry Thompson

Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Minister of Industry and Trade Anton Alikhanov at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia August 26, 2026. Sputnik/Mikhail Metzel/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
HELI ON EARTH

Putin Humiliated as His Troops Find a New Way to Surrender

Ukrainian forces are using drones to hunt, harass, and ultimately convince exhausted Russian troops to lay down their weapons.

Harry Thompson

Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia March 5, 2026.
CRUDE AWAKENING

Putin Left Reeling as Russia Is Hit Where It Hurts

The Kremlin’s crisis shows no sign of letting up.

Harry Thompson

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during his annual end-of-year news conference in Moscow, Russia, December 17, 2015. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev
SCAREDY CAT

Putin Accused of Fleeing as Drones Torch Moscow

The Russian autocrat has been keeping his distance while his nation’s capital comes under attack.

Vic Verbalaitis

The empennages of a DHL cargo plane and Ukrainian Antonov cargo planes at Leipzig/Halle Airport in Schkeuditz, Germany, August 5, 2026, after the police said explosives experts examined a drone found near a runway, and after a DHL cargo aircraft hit an unknown object as it was climbing away from the airport overnight, prompting an unscheduled landing in Hanover, according to a source familiar with the incident. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt
RUSSIAN TO CONCLUSIONS?

Plane Makes Emergency Landing After Scary Mid-Air Collision

It is the latest in a series of strange incidents in Europe since the start of the war in Ukraine.

Harry Thompson

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